Living biomembrane bitemplate route for simultaneous synthesis of different morphologies of CdSe and ZnSe nanomaterials

In this paper, CdSe (nanotubes, nanorods) and ZnSe (nanorods, nanoslats) were simultaneously synthesized through a biomineralization process through biomembrane bitemplates of mungbean sprouts at room temperature. The XRD patterns indicated that these nanocrystals were crystallized in the hexagonal structure and cubic structure with lattice constants a = 0.423 and c = 0.701 nm (CdSe) and a = 0.567 nm (ZnSe), respectively. The possible formation mechanism was investigated in the paper.Key words: CdSe, ZnSe, nanotubes, nanorods, nanoslats, living biomembrane, bitemplates.